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CAA Writing Preparation

Prepare to write a persuasive letter to a local council about a youth recreation hub. Work through the tasks, then use your plan to draft and check a clear, convincing argument. Use New Zealand spelling.

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Writing task: Write a persuasive letter to your local council asking it to create a youth recreation hub. Give at least three well-developed reasons, respond thoughtfully to one concern, and finish with a specific call to action.

1.Which option best describes the main purpose of this task?

To entertain readers with a story about a youth hub
To persuade council to create a youth recreation hub
To describe every recreation facility in New Zealand
To explain how councils organise their meetings

2.Name the intended audience and describe one language choice that would suit them.

3.The council is weighing up three possible projects. Choose the strongest reason to support a youth hub, then explain why it is stronger than a vague claim.

Build a convincing argument

A persuasive paragraph usually makes a claim, explains why it matters, and supports it with a relevant example or evidence. Do not invent statistics: qualify uncertain claims or identify what evidence should be gathered.

4.Improve this claim by adding a clear explanation: ‘A youth hub would be useful.’ Write one sentence that explains who benefits and how.

5.Combine these ideas into one complex sentence using a subordinate clause: ‘Some young people lack safe places to meet. A youth hub could provide supervision.’

6.Select the two linking phrases that sound measured and persuasive in a formal letter.

Furthermore, this could provide a safe place to gather.
Everyone knows this is obviously the best idea.
One practical benefit is that activities could be supervised.
I reckon the council would be silly to say no.

7.A nearby resident may worry about noise and cost. Write a respectful response that acknowledges the concern and suggests one practical way the council could address it.

8.Plan three distinct reasons for your letter. For each, note the benefit and one example, detail or piece of evidence you could use. Avoid repeating the same point.

Revise for impact

Read this draft paragraph: ‘We need a skate park. It would be awesome. Heaps of people would go there. Some neighbours might complain about noise but it would be fine.’

9.Identify two specific changes that would make the draft more effective for council. Explain what each change would improve.

10.Rewrite the draft as a persuasive paragraph for a council letter. Include a clear claim, an explained benefit and a considered response to the noise concern.

11.Write a focused opening sentence that states your position and signals why the issue matters. Avoid greetings that delay your argument.

12.Write a concise closing call to action: state what you want the council to do next.

13.Before submitting a persuasive letter, mark each statement true or false: (1) Every paragraph should connect to the purpose. (2) A statistic is persuasive even if it is made up. (3) Addressing a reasonable concern can strengthen an argument.

TrueFalse